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120 gb is the Largest hard drive I can put in my 4550?
Suz:
Go RAID 5 and SCSI and you will not have the artificial barriers of IDE hard disk controllers. Plus you a very reliable and very fast disk sub-system. Dave "Suzeann Loomis" wrote in message ... | | Help, please. | | I have been told that I can only add another 120 gigabyte hard drive | to my Dell 4550. But people at a local computer shop say I can add a | 250 gigabyte hard drive. | | Which is true? I need more space for my photography. | | Thank you. | | Suze Loomis |
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4550 supports 48-bit LBA so the 250GB works fine. I have one in the 4550
that I am typing this on Tom "Suzeann Loomis" wrote in message ... Help, please. I have been told that I can only add another 120 gigabyte hard drive to my Dell 4550. But people at a local computer shop say I can add a 250 gigabyte hard drive. Which is true? I need more space for my photography. Thank you. Suze Loomis |
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Dave,
That's ridiculous. A $900 computer and $1500 worth of disk. 250GB works fine in a 4550. Tom "David H. Lipman" wrote in message ... Suz: Go RAID 5 and SCSI and you will not have the artificial barriers of IDE hard disk controllers. Plus you a very reliable and very fast disk sub-system. Dave "Suzeann Loomis" wrote in message ... | | Help, please. | | I have been told that I can only add another 120 gigabyte hard drive | to my Dell 4550. But people at a local computer shop say I can add a | 250 gigabyte hard drive. | | Which is true? I need more space for my photography. | | Thank you. | | Suze Loomis |
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Except...
You are not taking into account; the importance of the data, the reliability factor and the sheer speed that RAID 5 provides. As for the cost of the system vs the cost of the disk sub-system -- it's a moot point. It has no bearing what so ever. What matters is the functionality, application and the need for reliability. What happens if that 250GB drive dies ? Then what ? Think about the backup alternatives for 250GB. AIT2, DLT etc. Think about the time it takes to back up 250GBs of data. Using RAID, if one hard disk dies, the user still has access to the data and the failed drive can easily be replaced. Think outside the box. Think about the - what ifs.... Dave "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... | Dave, | | That's ridiculous. A $900 computer and $1500 worth of disk. | | 250GB works fine in a 4550. | | Tom | "David H. Lipman" wrote in message | ... | Suz: | | Go RAID 5 and SCSI and you will not have the artificial barriers of IDE | hard disk | controllers. Plus you a very reliable and very fast disk sub-system. | | Dave | | | | "Suzeann Loomis" wrote in message | ... | | | | Help, please. | | | | I have been told that I can only add another 120 gigabyte hard drive | | to my Dell 4550. But people at a local computer shop say I can add a | | 250 gigabyte hard drive. | | | | Which is true? I need more space for my photography. | | | | Thank you. | | | | Suze Loomis | | | | |
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In article ,
"David H. Lipman" wrote: "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... | "David H. Lipman" wrote in message | ... | | Go RAID 5 and SCSI and you will not have the artificial barriers | of IDE hard disk controllers. Plus you a very reliable and very | fast disk sub-system. | | That's ridiculous. A $900 computer and $1500 worth of disk. | 250GB works fine in a 4550. Except... You are not taking into account; the importance of the data, the reliability factor and the sheer speed that RAID 5 provides. I can understand your enthusiasm for a RAID system that provides data redundancy, but do you need to run a SCSI system to do this? I have the impression from comments elsewhere in recent times that modern IDE drives are perfectly adequate and SCSI is quite simply over-priced, perhaps even over-rated, in comparison these days? [...] Cheers, Phred. -- LID |
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Phred wrote in message ... David H. Lipman wrote Tom Scales wrote David H. Lipman wrote Go RAID 5 and SCSI and you will not have the artificial barriers of IDE hard disk controllers. Plus you a very reliable and very fast disk sub-system. That's ridiculous. A $900 computer and $1500 worth of disk. Yep, mad. 250GB works fine in a 4550. Except... You are not taking into account; the importance of the data, the reliability factor and the sheer speed that RAID 5 provides. I can understand your enthusiasm for a RAID system that provides data redundancy, but do you need to run a SCSI system to do this? Nope. Tho RAID5 IDE aint that common. I have the impression from comments elsewhere in recent times that modern IDE drives are perfectly adequate and Correct, and the I in RAID is for INEXPENSIVE. SCSI is quite simply over-priced, Correct. perhaps even over-rated, Correct. in comparison these days? Been that way for years now. There are still a few advantages with SCSI if you really need full hotswap RAID5, particularly rather more choice, but you pay one hell of a price for that and very few actually need full hotswap RAID5 with personal desktop systems anyway. |
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How many RAID 5 systems have you setup and how often have you used SCSI ?
Dave |
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"Phred" wrote in message ... In article , "David H. Lipman" wrote: "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... | "David H. Lipman" wrote in message | ... | | Go RAID 5 and SCSI and you will not have the artificial barriers | of IDE hard disk controllers. Plus you a very reliable and very | fast disk sub-system. | | That's ridiculous. A $900 computer and $1500 worth of disk. | 250GB works fine in a 4550. Except... You are not taking into account; the importance of the data, the reliability factor and the sheer speed that RAID 5 provides. I can understand your enthusiasm for a RAID system that provides data redundancy, but do you need to run a SCSI system to do this? I have the impression from comments elsewhere in recent times that modern IDE drives are perfectly adequate and SCSI is quite simply over-priced, perhaps even over-rated, in comparison these days? [...] Lots of photographers run 100's of gigs and there is nothing they can do to keep it smaller. Digital Pro photography has been one application for RAID systems. Only a very elite number of IDE models have "enterprise" tags - which means they are as close to bullet-proof as an IDE drive can be in 2003. Enterprise drives are nearly the same cost as decent SCSI drives anyhow. It is simply that IDE works on more standard and less expensive motherboards. SATA is another thing to look at. SATA Raid is now making a strong appearance. As for the HD being more expensive than PC ...... it used to be the other way around and back then the machines were nowhere as impressive as they are now. |
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" Miro" wrote in message u... "Phred" wrote in message ... In article , "David H. Lipman" wrote: "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... | "David H. Lipman" wrote in message | ... | | Go RAID 5 and SCSI and you will not have the artificial barriers | of IDE hard disk controllers. Plus you a very reliable and very | fast disk sub-system. | | That's ridiculous. A $900 computer and $1500 worth of disk. | 250GB works fine in a 4550. Except... You are not taking into account; the importance of the data, the reliability factor and the sheer speed that RAID 5 provides. I can understand your enthusiasm for a RAID system that provides data redundancy, but do you need to run a SCSI system to do this? I have the impression from comments elsewhere in recent times that modern IDE drives are perfectly adequate and SCSI is quite simply over-priced, perhaps even over-rated, in comparison these days? Lots of photographers run 100's of gigs and there is nothing they can do to keep it smaller. Digital Pro photography has been one application for RAID systems. Yes, but thats a separate issue to expensive SCSI RAID5. Only a very elite number of IDE models have "enterprise" tags Mindless wanking. And a digital photographer is nothing like a typical desktop system usage anyway. - which means they are as close to bullet-proof as an IDE drive can be in 2003. Or its just more mindless wanking that fools like you are stupid enough to buy. Enterprise drives are nearly the same cost as decent SCSI drives anyhow. Yep, there are actually fools as stupid as you around. It is simply that IDE works on more standard and less expensive motherboards. It is simply that anyone with a clue has noticed that IDE is the only thing that makes any sense on personal desktop system. SATA is another thing to look at. SATA Raid is now making a strong appearance. More wanking on those last two words. As for the HD being more expensive than PC ...... it used to be the other way around and back then the machines were nowhere as impressive as they are now. All completely and utterly irrelevant to how much sense those numbers make today for personal desktop system. |
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Phred wrote:
....snip.... You are not taking into account; the importance of the data, the reliability factor and the sheer speed that RAID 5 provides. I can understand your enthusiasm for a RAID system that provides data redundancy, but do you need to run a SCSI system to do this? I have the impression from comments elsewhere in recent times that modern IDE drives are perfectly adequate and SCSI is quite simply over-priced, perhaps even over-rated, in comparison these days? For home and SOHO and SME, IDE is probably quite okay. But IDE isn't SCSI and without SCSI, you can not do RAID. It really is a "business risk" How much do you loose per hour when the computer system goes down? -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} email: terryc at woa.com.au www: http://www.woa.com.au Wombat Outdoor Adventures Bicycles, Computers, GIS, Printing, Publishing "People without trees are like fish without clean water" |
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